TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. TI - Sharkcallers of kontu, The PY - 0000///[198?] CY - Killcare, New South Wales PB - O'Rourke and Associates Filmmakers KW - Shark fishing KW - Sharks KW - Papua New Guinea N1 - For a small community of Pacific Islanders, sharks have special significance. They believe that these creatures contain the spirits of their ancestors. Their culture and their religion are based on this unique relationship. For centuries men have gone out to sea in small outrigger canoes to call, trap and kill sharks by hand ER -